Downtown Peoria needs a 24/7 and year round marketplace. A ' supermarket ' chain isn't as necessary if consumers (ex: residents, tourists, workers, etc.) had easy access to a large, well-run, central marketplace for fresh baked goods, meats, and produce. The Warehouse District has excellent, sizable, buildings that could be rehabbed for that purpose.

Everyone could use fresh fruits and veggies! I was going to suggest something very similar like a community garden every year and volunteers come help plant weed and take care of it in return taking a box of fresh harvested items home

This is important to bring people into the area the market will take place.
This is important to me because the area smaller towns are using this type of market and or farmers market to bring in more people to their business districts

My wife and I have visited the Grand Rapids downtown market several times. http://downtownmarketgr.com We feel this would be a nice addition to downtown. It adds services that are important to support residential growth downtown along with adding a nice attraction for residents and visitors.

This is a great example because the Grand Rapids Downtown Market is in a similar neighborhood that is part of a similarly sized city. Using the Grand Rapids Downtown Market as an inspiration could help this project avoid some potential pitfalls and give it a better chance of success.

It should be as extensive and varied as traffic would support.
Provide opportunity to make continuously make suggestions for the market and insure that it will succeed permanently. The Warehouse District has the perfect ambiance for this.

Consider attending and supporting Peoria's first ever winter Riverfront Market on Saturday, January 20th, 9am-2pm, inside River Station. This one day only event could serve as a first test for the larger idea of a year-round market, as suggested by this campaign.
The Market will feature local meats, winter produce, local art & live music. Participating vendors can be seen on this flyer: http://www.visitdowntownpeoria.com/files/Winter_Market_List_of_Vendors_3.jpg

I think this is a very good idea. I have visited several cities that have these and I love going to them. I always have wished we had one here! My husband is from the Ohio area where they have them in almost every city. We love them.

Downtown Peoria needs a 24/7 and year round marketplace. A ' supermarket ' chain isn't as necessary if consumers (ex: residents, tourists, workers, etc.) had easy access to a large, well-run, central marketplace for fresh baked goods, meats, and produce. The Warehouse District has excellent, sizable, buildings that could be rehabbed for that purpose.

Everyone could use fresh fruits and veggies! I was going to suggest something very similar like a community garden every year and volunteers come help plant weed and take care of it in return taking a box of fresh harvested items home

This is important to bring people into the area the market will take place.
This is important to me because the area smaller towns are using this type of market and or farmers market to bring in more people to their business districts

My wife and I have visited the Grand Rapids downtown market several times. http://downtownmarketgr.com We feel this would be a nice addition to downtown. It adds services that are important to support residential growth downtown along with adding a nice attraction for residents and visitors.

This is a great example because the Grand Rapids Downtown Market is in a similar neighborhood that is part of a similarly sized city. Using the Grand Rapids Downtown Market as an inspiration could help this project avoid some potential pitfalls and give it a better chance of success.

It should be as extensive and varied as traffic would support.
Provide opportunity to make continuously make suggestions for the market and insure that it will succeed permanently. The Warehouse District has the perfect ambiance for this.

Consider attending and supporting Peoria's first ever winter Riverfront Market on Saturday, January 20th, 9am-2pm, inside River Station. This one day only event could serve as a first test for the larger idea of a year-round market, as suggested by this campaign.
The Market will feature local meats, winter produce, local art & live music. Participating vendors can be seen on this flyer: http://www.visitdowntownpeoria.com/files/Winter_Market_List_of_Vendors_3.jpg

I think this is a very good idea. I have visited several cities that have these and I love going to them. I always have wished we had one here! My husband is from the Ohio area where they have them in almost every city. We love them.